We needed more butt kicking braindamage-1990 thinks so butt kicking we shall have! And we have Harry and Norman again!!! Go Goblin Go!!!
Disclaimer: Don't own Xiaolin Showdown or Marvel. Not even the Oreos… damn.
Chase peered around the corner before beckoning Kimiko and Curt to follow. Kimiko came around, holding a coat over Curt so that no one could see the lizard. Curt gave a whimper and often tried to poke out his scaly head for a look around. Kimiko struggled to keep him under control, resulting in her using her fiery powers to give the lizard a small burn. This caused quite some commotion under the coat.
"Be quiet!" growled Chase before turning his attention to a much bigger commotion up in the air. A young teenager, likely a male, wearing a suit of blue and red with a black spider on his chest, swinging through the air with grace whilst avoiding the swift razor balls another young, male teenager wearing green armour and a goblin mask with amber eyes and a long purple hat threw at him.
"Stay still Parker! I'm trying to kill you!" yelled the Goblin as he threw a bomb that threw out tiny poisonous needles at his foe. Spider-man dodged them, letting his webbing fly towards the Green Goblin, hitting right in the face. The Goblin let out a yell before tearing the webbing off his face and flying towards Spider-man with the silver glider.
"Okay, here is the plan. I will tackle Spider-man and Curt will tackle the Goblin. Kimiko, you'll make a giant fire shield to prevent anyone from seeing us or going after us." Chase whispered as the super powered humans fought, both ignorant of what was ahead. Kimiko gave a nod and removed the coat from Curt. The lizard, relieved from the annoying fabric, bobbed his head. Chase was glad no one was complaining of this plan; many things could go wrong but they were in a hurry. Chase counted down from 3 to 1 before running and jumping along with Curt towards the duo fighting. Spider-man, thanks to his Spider-sense, looked sideways to meet Chase face on. Chase tackled into the super-hero and made him hit the ground. Intense heat was suddenly all around them as Kimiko made a shield of fire around them. Curt had successfully tackled the Green Goblin as well and was currently licking him to death. Chase struggled to hold down his catch until he delivered a swift knee to the hero's stomach.
"Stop struggling! We need your help!" yelled Kimiko as she controlled the inferno shield from getting too close to the others. The Goblin stared at the lizards with a grin, already having met them so he stayed still, content with patting Curt on the head. Spider-man grew still making Chase let him go. Spider-man backed away from Chase in a fighting pose but noticed the fires around him so instead let his fighting pose down and gave them a suspicious look beneath his mask.
"What is it?" Spider-man asked.
"Octavius and Jack! They have been captured and we need your help to save them!" pleaded Kimiko. Spider-man flinched and stared at Chase, Curt and Kimiko with surprise.
"Doctor Octavius? Where is he?" Spider-man said as shook himself out of it.
"In a building with a W on it."
"That is Wal-Mart. Are you telling me the great Doctor Octopus is crushed under a massive pile of Oreos?" the Goblin joked.
"This is serious!" yelled Kimiko, making the inferno more powerful. In the meantime, Chase was trying to avoid eyesight with the Goblin but there was no luck in that. The Goblin, or to be more precise Harry, gave a smirk and approached the Prince.
"We meet again I see. Anymore family visits?" sniggered Harry.
"You know each other?" Spider-man asked.
"I trashed his place along with Curt, Jack and Octavius." grumbled Chase. Harry gave another grin and his mask flew off his face, revealing itself to be Norman or the-male-version-of-Wuya ghost. Spider-man gasped as the ghost stretched himself before taking a good look at his surroundings.
"Not you two scaly humans again…" Norman grumbled as he looked at Chase and Curt.
"Hey guys! Octavius and Jack are in trouble and we are all chit-chatting as if we are at a tea party!!!" Kimiko shouted in annoyance and anger. The fire flared around them making the boys in the middle swallow down their fear and anxiety of having a girl with anger management issues control the blazing fire around them.
"What is going on?" Norman asked after a few moments. Chase gave a sigh and explained. He made it brief and only gave the important details like where the building was (he wasn't stupid to say about the doctor's past)
"We have to save them! I like Jack! He scared you good!" gasped Harry, immediately grabbing Spider-man by his arm.
"I call that reinforcement. Let's go save the boys." Chase said. Kimiko nodded and the fire shield came down, leaving the wind to blow in their faces. Spider-man looked at them in worry, as if in his mind he was thinking of the damage this whole group could cause, especially since they had the Goblin.
"This is going to be a long night, I just know it…" moaned Spider-man.
"Shut up Parker." snapped Harry before following the others to the tower to save Jack and Octavius.
(LINE!!!!!!!! Yes)
Octavius paced around in his dome cell in anger and boredom. It didn't help that above him, several of the staff were jeering at him.
"I'm really getting mad now…" he hissed to himself. The tentacles gave clicks and tiny shrieks of agreement. Bubbled, now as the newly renamed Bobbles since it couldn't pronounce its name, gave a vigorous bobble at the remark as well.
We have to get out of here. It is humiliating to be stuck here and they treat us like captive animals G.C. grumbled, giving a tiny shriek at the staff above.
But how? We tried before and we can't break that mirror unless we get angry again! And that could have disastrous consequences! Bimbo argued.
You forget the crack. We managed to crack the window when we got mad said Flo in return, with a hint of mischief in its voice.
We will have to do that in order to get out of here. I'm sure that this time we will only harm those who have imprisoned us and not anyone else.
Bot are yoo sore? Do yoo think we will know the difference between them and Jack? Bobbles whimpered, not wanting to hurt anyone innocent. Octavius took a few seconds to comprehend the bottom left tentacle's new language but in the end he nodded his head. He looked upwards casting a glare to the staff above and he felt the anger boil inside him. He approached the spherical walls and the tentacles immediately grabbed hold of it and scaled upwards, leaving three pointed stars behind. The people that were previously laughing at him now watched him with caution as the Doctor reached the window. The top left tentacle gave them a bright red glare as it targeted the small crack in the window's bottom side. It reared backwards before it struck with power and speed at the miniscule crack, which grew considerably larger. The people screamed as the tentacle struck again, this time breaking the window. They ran in all directions as Octavius climbed out of his cell and surveyed the chaos around him.
"It's good to know I haven't lost my touch to make people run wild." he smirked.
And you didn't have to get mad! Bimbo chirped.
I wanted to go crazy… grumbled G.C.
Yes I wonder why I didn't go crazy?
Maybe you needed something that angered you more than breaking out of here.
Doesn't matter. We go look for Jack then we find Wilson Fisk. I want that Armani suit of his. And a cigar.
The tentacles set Octavius on the floor and looked at their surroundings. It was shaped like the cell but the walls were grey and there was carpet on the floor. A large door was situated a few metres away so Octavius walked to it. Bobbles were given the honours of breaking down door. After that was finished, the doctor was faced with armed soldiers. Many held large guns and shields, whilst some held a simple baton.
"Wilson sent you guys to take me out? He must be running on a budget." he sighed. G.C. struck first with a whip-like move, taking down three soldiers in the process. At the same time, Flo took down another two as the two lower tentacles manoeuvred Octavius away from the speeding bullets. In the space of five minutes, Octavius had taken down all of Fisk's army leaving one measly soldier to stand with no weapons and trembling knees. Octavius walked up to him with a smirk that made shivers run down the soldier's spine. As he did, he grabbed a nearby gun from another unconscious soldier and pointed it at the trembling soldier's forehead.
"Do you feel lucky punk?" mock-threatened Octavius in his best Clint Eastwood accent. It was a pretty bad accent but if you were in the soldier's position you wouldn't exactly worry about that and instead concentrate on the writhing tentacles around your head. The soldier shook his head side to side to the doctor's question.
"Your luck just got slightly better." said Octavius as he flipped the gun over so he was holding on to the barrel and clubbed the soldier on the temples. The soldier fell unconscious before the doctor's feet, making Octavius smile and step over the body. He tried to contact Jack but was instead met with a barrier and a headache. He clutched his head as the pain tore through his head and waited for it to ebb away.
I know I'm stating the obvious but we can't contact Jack.
No shit Sherlock.
We will have to find him the hard way sighed Octavius as he activated the heat sensors in the tentacles. He got several weak signals from all directions so that didn't help much either. Behind him he heard the soldier he had previously hit slowly return to the world of the awakened.
We should have hit him harder complained G.C. Octavius stared at the soldier and an idea formed in his head.
"My good fellow," he started as he grabbed the soldier by his jacket and hoisted him up in the air, giving the poor guy his second scare. "Can you tell me where to find Adrian Tomes?"
(There. Is. A. Line. Here.)
Adrian Tomes paced around Jack, collecting a needle from a nearby rack as the soldiers buckled the albino down onto a tilted table. Leech was pushed into a corner behind a bench, left to observe the experimentation. The boy's eyes were wide with fear as Tomes glanced at his first achievement with cruel smile. Leech huddled in the corner as he met the cold eyes of Tomes.
"What are you going to do to me?" asked Jack as he comfortably settled himself on the cold surface of the table that smelled of bleach and blood.
"First I'm going to numb you. You won't feel anything but see everything as I then inject some DNA of a snake and a tamarin into your blood system along with some serum that will help it bond with your DNA and mask it from the white blood cells." Tomes explained as he flicked the needle.
"You are going to mess with my DNA?!" yelped Jack, struggling to get himself out of his bonds.
"I thought Leech made it quite apparent. You see I like creating chimeras. It is a hobby and obsession of mine, creating the ultimate kind of human being. Homo sapiens has lived and prospered but I think it is time for its kind to die and something better to take its place."
"I know many of your victims have said this but YOU'RE CRAZY!"
"Why yes thank you. Now be quiet, experimentation has begun."
(L.I.N.E.)
Octavius followed the directions the soldier gave him, marking the walls with a small dent with the tentacles so he could find the exit again. He trusted the soldier's directions since they spilled out of the poor man's mouth as soon as Octavius had asked the question. The doctor turned a right corner and was overjoyed to find a door that had large, red words saying 'LAB. SCIENTISTS AND ASSISTANTS ONLY'
"Well I'm I scientist." Octavius shrugged and walked towards the door. Suddenly the tentacles jerked him sideways just as a red orb flew past him and exploded against the wall.
"You will soon be a dead one."
Octavius whirled around and stood still at the sight. Jack stood before him.
"Jack?" he blurted in disbelief. The tentacles however hissed and gave tiny shrieks at Jack.
It isn't Jack; this one has got no pulse. And it just threw a red explosive ball at us Flo said as it reared its head backwards to strike.
"You must be Robo-Jack." said the doctor as he straightened himself up. The robot version of Jack gave a smirk and a little nod of the head.
"You must be Otto Octavius. Or do you prefer Doctor Octopus?" teased Robo-Jack. Octavius gave a sigh and shook his head as he listened to the tentacles laugh in his head.
"You may call me Octavius. Now if you excuse me I'm going to go rescue the real Jack so you just stay here and I'll deal with you later." smiled the doctor. He turned around to walk to the labs again but Robo-Jack shot out an extended arm and grabbed Bobbles's head. The hand glowed red but Bobbles managed to shake it off just in time as a red beam shot out of the hand.
"You aren't going anywhere," Robo-Jack growled as he retracted his arm to its normal position. "Until you have gone past me."
Before we go on with the epic battle between Octavius and Robo-Jack, let me describe the surroundings. This battle will be situated in a narrow corridor, 10 metres long, 2 metres high and 4 metres in width. If you consider Octavius and his tentacles this comes to quite a disadvantage since the man is 6'5 tall, the tentacles can stretch to 20 metres or more and he can't make himself go higher lest he hits his head on the ceiling. A disadvantage indeed.
"Listen you annoying piece of scrap metal, get out of my way." growled Octavius. Bimbo shot out and grabbed Robo-Jack's leg, turning him upside down before slamming him against the wall and tossing him away. Robo-Jack landed with a thud against the floor but it quickly got back up on his feet. Octavius gave another growl and launched another tentacle at the robot, which was easily dodged. Robo-Jack bounced off the walls and landed a kick in Octavius's gut. G.C. hissed and slammed Robo-Jack into the wall. A sheathing sound was heard along with a cry from Robo-Jack. The robot struggled to remove G.C. from his chest but the tentacle stayed firmly in place. Robo-Jack placed his hands on the tentacle's neck as they glowed a blood red once again. Red bolts bounced off the metallic tentacle, with no damage being made. Octavius laughed as Flo and Bobbles joined the robot's torture as they grabbed hold of his arms and pulled. Robo-Jack screamed as his arms were being pulled out of their sockets. Octavius started having the nagging feeling he was going sadistic and he felt that it was highly immoral of him to do so.
Tear off his left arm but leave the right one on. Bimbo, after G.C. lets go of the robot, you are to throw him away.
The tentacles sighed a yes and did what they were told with slight hesitation since they wanted to deal more damage. Flo tore off the left arm as Bobbles covered the robot's mouth to prevent any more screaming. G.C. removed itself from Robo-Jack's chest, revealing the sheathing sound to be the hidden dagger, leaving a hole in the robot's chest where oil oozed out. Bimbo grabbed the leg and did its part. So in the end, the size and height of the corridor didn't affect the epic battle, which wasn't really epic. That is called false advertising, peoples.
Octavius walked up to the robot and knelt down to speak to it.
"Before I let you go on your way, I want you to know that you are too prideful and you should tone it down a bit. Second when you get to Fisk and his crazy bean, tell them that I have indeed enjoyed my stay but I feel that I must leave them and rescue my nephew," smiled Octavius as he shooed the robot away. Robo-Jack gritted his teeth and tried to get up but Bobbles gave him a small knock on the head. Robo-Jack gave a growl and raised his right arm to try to blow Octavius's head off with a red beam. The doctor sighed and simply grabbed the arm and directed it to the ceiling. The beam connected with the ceiling causing a rumble from above. Octavius looked up and frowned before looking back at Robo-Jack. "Go now before I change my mind and decide to kill you."
He got up and walked towards the labs as he heard the ceiling collapse behind him, blocking the way out. He also heard a yell of frustration from Robo-Jack and another yell but this one was in pain.
Jack!
Octavius ran into the labs, breaking down the doors in the process. It was one simple, large white room filled with test tubes and papers all around the place. In the corner an old man wearing a white lab coat was placing a piece of gaze in the crook of Jack's elbow. The albino writhed as he tried to get himself out of the bonds that held him down on the white table. The old man looked at Octavius with a smile, a cold one.
"You must be Dr. Octavius. Just in time, I just finished with your partner Jack."
BTW that little moment of the Armani suit is just a little reminder of the ANCIENT Doctor Octopus of the '80s. In one comic, they had Doc Ock in a lovely white Armani suit and even though he has a history of wardrobe malfunctions (I can count three) this set him apart from other villains dancing around in Spandex. I might draw an Armani wearing Octavius… he would look spiffy.